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importantly, we will be introducing these neighborhood amenities, which will allow us to begin to use pedestrian movement and reduce reliance upon the automobile. here is a plan to view of the project, the boulevard being on the left, with 19th avenue above. the plan is to introduce a retail corridor, day care center, a community center, and so forth, with a majority of the neighbors in a 400 block. with this will be a series of small core elements that will contain business centers for work at home, car sharing and bicycle available to residents for weekly use. a huge part of this is the introduction of green space systems that
importantly, we will be introducing these neighborhood amenities, which will allow us to begin to use pedestrian movement and reduce reliance upon the automobile. here is a plan to view of the project, the boulevard being on the left, with 19th avenue above. the plan is to introduce a retail corridor, day care center, a community center, and so forth, with a majority of the neighbors in a 400 block. with this will be a series of small core elements that will contain business centers for work at...
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he used to sit at the excelsior mcdonald's in the morning and a genius to preschool. now, they are in first. the class is. david, congratulations. [applause] >> this one is for my dad in heaven and my mom and my brothers. i want to say that when i got my first teaching job for the peace corps in morocco, i never thought i would come back to the united states, and i took a lot of teaching jobs and climbed all over the world, and they sometimes intervene in the very same way. 14 years ago, i was allowed to interview in high school that nobody wanted to go to in san francisco, and a net even inspired fear in some community members, and that was balboa. i want to tell you that it was the best place for me at the time, and it is still the best place. i think it has become one of the best high schools, and it is because of all the teachers and students who have been there in the last 14 years and sort of made it what it was. i would not wish to be anywhere else. thank you. [applause] >> i give. so our january teacher of the month is julie from ruth asawa school of the arts,
he used to sit at the excelsior mcdonald's in the morning and a genius to preschool. now, they are in first. the class is. david, congratulations. [applause] >> this one is for my dad in heaven and my mom and my brothers. i want to say that when i got my first teaching job for the peace corps in morocco, i never thought i would come back to the united states, and i took a lot of teaching jobs and climbed all over the world, and they sometimes intervene in the very same way. 14 years ago,...
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then the city fathers in the 1920's let us knock down the hill, let us extend second street, and it finishes at the ballpark now. as you move south along second, that whole area, you get into rock. many of these old warehouse buildings, as you approach rincon hill, are sitting on rock. if you go down to king street, which is the street that fronts the ballpark, if you cross the street from the ballpark and the look on the sidewalk, there is actually a little brass plates that depict the location of the bluff that existed, the transition from the beach to the vertical cliffs that existed at second street. at second and king. all of that was taken down, and they have built warehouses. now at his condominium developments. and portions of mission bay. the first building of mission bay, third and townsend -- i am sorry, third and king, it is a rock site. if you go further into mission bay, it goes from rock to week bay mud. -- weak bay mud. this is on the folsom? >> the old wonder bread bakery. a little bit higher up. >> that particular building, if you look closely, the rock has actually receded
then the city fathers in the 1920's let us knock down the hill, let us extend second street, and it finishes at the ballpark now. as you move south along second, that whole area, you get into rock. many of these old warehouse buildings, as you approach rincon hill, are sitting on rock. if you go down to king street, which is the street that fronts the ballpark, if you cross the street from the ballpark and the look on the sidewalk, there is actually a little brass plates that depict the...
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it was important for us that we made this project for the place, of the place. what i mean by that is participants would also used repurchased materials. >> we will be speaking to one of the artists that you selected. what excited you about his idea? >> have many things. first of all, i am a fan of his architecture. because of that creativity, i knew that he could come up with something unique. i love the fact that he was specifically addressing the landscape around here, and it was also about the human interaction with this place. >> what are your expectations with the people coming to presidio habitat? >> we really hope people will come with their family, dogs, and come back a number of times the works will change over the year. the feedback we are getting is you cannot do all of them on one visit. it is really better to come back and have different experiences. >> thank you. i am with mark jensen of jensen architect. he was one of the architects to be chosen to do the presidio habitat. when you heard about this project, what inspired you about that call? >> o
it was important for us that we made this project for the place, of the place. what i mean by that is participants would also used repurchased materials. >> we will be speaking to one of the artists that you selected. what excited you about his idea? >> have many things. first of all, i am a fan of his architecture. because of that creativity, i knew that he could come up with something unique. i love the fact that he was specifically addressing the landscape around here, and it was...
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you are always invited to join us on the third thursday. today, we have a special program about san francisco's neighborhoods geology. we have frank, the geotechnical engineer who will walk us through a lot of this. we also have an architect who knows a lot about the history of the city. he keeps his eyes open and has a lot of information to share. we also have the chief building inspector. we are going to go through this by having frank give us a brief overview of the geology of sentences go. then we're going to look at a series of slides around the city. and see how the geology of the city affects the environment. their special problems and issues that arise we will try to answer questions as we go, particularly related to how the environment release to the underlying geology of the city. those are questions that rarely get asked. this is a chance for you to join us and ask your questions as well. welcome, frank. i see that you brought a big aerial photograph with overly geology. >> it is a big google map with overly geology. the differen
you are always invited to join us on the third thursday. today, we have a special program about san francisco's neighborhoods geology. we have frank, the geotechnical engineer who will walk us through a lot of this. we also have an architect who knows a lot about the history of the city. he keeps his eyes open and has a lot of information to share. we also have the chief building inspector. we are going to go through this by having frank give us a brief overview of the geology of sentences go....
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hopefully, it would give us some resources. also, it gives us an opportunity to integrate into the other strategies of school improvement we are developing, so i am very supportive of this and hopefully will be following through. >> i want to make decisions i think will help as well. we're having a tendency part of the questions that are asked when it comes to any of the reporting that is happening, so they are asking questions about attendance and when parents are engaged, they are also being asked about attendance. often one student will cut five departments, and we have been working collaborative lay -- collaborative flav -- collaboratively around shared data. you have a more collaborative association. if there is the case across the board that reaches all of the departments with one person reporting, we are hoping this is going to help with that. the last point is we want to set a goal for ourselves, and we are not only looking at how we reduce truancy but how we move students who have been chronically absent and moving the
hopefully, it would give us some resources. also, it gives us an opportunity to integrate into the other strategies of school improvement we are developing, so i am very supportive of this and hopefully will be following through. >> i want to make decisions i think will help as well. we're having a tendency part of the questions that are asked when it comes to any of the reporting that is happening, so they are asking questions about attendance and when parents are engaged, they are also...
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why should you lock us into this lease? this is on something that is new? >> the capital investment that is required for the range of a half million dollars, in order to have the capital investment, they need at least five years or else that would be losing money. >> and other any other questions? this has been moved. of those in favor. this is unanimous. thank you very much. >> >> and is there a time restriction on 12? we have to do this? can we get to no. 12, quickly? >> this is the memorandum of understanding between the friends of sharon art studio and the recreation and parks department. >> i am the cultural manager for the parks and recreation department and the executive director for this museum. i am here to speak on behalf of the memorandum of understanding between the friends of the art studio, and the parks and recreation department. this organization has been around since 1991, and the purpose of this is basically to formalize a relationship that has been enforced for over 19 years. many of the provisions of have been happening, as we go on are
why should you lock us into this lease? this is on something that is new? >> the capital investment that is required for the range of a half million dollars, in order to have the capital investment, they need at least five years or else that would be losing money. >> and other any other questions? this has been moved. of those in favor. this is unanimous. thank you very much. >> >> and is there a time restriction on 12? we have to do this? can we get to no. 12, quickly?...
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mike. >> thank you, and thank you, mayor newsom, for using our site for this announcement. we are pleased to be the city's partner in helping achieve the goals that the city sets forth. some of them have been rather exciting to try to accomplish, but it has been found, and we are going to ensure that this city isw6r;[ñhr the first to ace zero ways, and we are going to do it before 2020. there are a lot of exciting things going on, and we believe it is doable, and we are committed to making sure it happens. in the process, it has been pleasing for us to be able to put people to work doing a very necessary function. i want to introduce mimi chan, who came to us through the jobs now program and has been able to get to work doing something that we did not have the money to do before the programf5b gave us te work -- the money to do the work. >> i love this company. when i first started, i was really excited because i was working for a green company. when i leave, just about work. i bring my work home. i teach my kids about recycling, composting, and when i go to another city,
mike. >> thank you, and thank you, mayor newsom, for using our site for this announcement. we are pleased to be the city's partner in helping achieve the goals that the city sets forth. some of them have been rather exciting to try to accomplish, but it has been found, and we are going to ensure that this city isw6r;[ñhr the first to ace zero ways, and we are going to do it before 2020. there are a lot of exciting things going on, and we believe it is doable, and we are committed to...
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design consultant team to help us i didn't miss it -- develop an identity for the blue greenway and also come si with agnage program -- come up with a signage program concept. so you understand you are on a system but also can learn and interpret about the parks. this shows you the variety of signs out there together and shows the need for a little bit more cohesiveness. then, we are also developing a pallet for different types of furnishings that may be appropriate for different settings up and down the waterfront. lastly, as we discussed before, we do have approximately $15 million of the $22 million, but for the blue greenway, we have some other funding sources available for southern waterfront open spaces, but we know all the funding we have in place will not be enough to complete the system, so we need to set priorities, and that is the fourth phase of the work program that we will be getting to later this year. that is, again, part of the next step. lastly, there are several projects that we identified early for implementation that we could begin on right away that had community su
design consultant team to help us i didn't miss it -- develop an identity for the blue greenway and also come si with agnage program -- come up with a signage program concept. so you understand you are on a system but also can learn and interpret about the parks. this shows you the variety of signs out there together and shows the need for a little bit more cohesiveness. then, we are also developing a pallet for different types of furnishings that may be appropriate for different settings up...
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that is part of the game to push us out. >> a lot of our children are foster care. what are we doing about them? we know that a lot of the young men are committing these crimes. how are we addressing milk? -- how are we addressing them? you can get it easier than you can get an apple. that is not our fault, and we are trying to change that. we need liquor stores to be better neighbors because the people hanging in front of liquor stores are not buying milk and bread. they are buying cups of liquor, by a cigarette. they are doing other things. we are trying to make sure that people understand that if you have a liquor store, you can provide other services as well. looking at the best liquor stores and saying that this is a good standard. we want liquor stores to be like this throughout the city, good neighbors. we are trying to take back our streets, get different uses, and people who can bring a table out because there's a restaurant in front of it. >> developing large areas -- plans for developing large areas of district and are moving forward, but many areas are s
that is part of the game to push us out. >> a lot of our children are foster care. what are we doing about them? we know that a lot of the young men are committing these crimes. how are we addressing milk? -- how are we addressing them? you can get it easier than you can get an apple. that is not our fault, and we are trying to change that. we need liquor stores to be better neighbors because the people hanging in front of liquor stores are not buying milk and bread. they are buying cups...
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i definitely wanted to use his expertise and his voice while he is here. thank you. to address your first question, power choice was formed in 2009 as a new venture specifically to focus on the emerging needs of community choice aggregation programs that were going to be cropping up here in california. so power choice was formed just prior to submitting a bid to the marin energy authority. so we saw an opportunity to utilize our expertise as well as our relationships across the industry to bring together world-class companies to meet the needs of c.c.a.'s across california. commissioner vietor: and you're headquartered now? >> the headquarters on paper is in carmichael, california. we will be building the headquarters of power choice in downtown san francisco. we have been graciously given temporary space and we'll be located there while we go through the negotiation and the next few steps of the process as we get going. then we'll be looking for a permanent headquarters in downtown san francisco. chairperson mirkarimi: we have some good deals on real estate right no
i definitely wanted to use his expertise and his voice while he is here. thank you. to address your first question, power choice was formed in 2009 as a new venture specifically to focus on the emerging needs of community choice aggregation programs that were going to be cropping up here in california. so power choice was formed just prior to submitting a bid to the marin energy authority. so we saw an opportunity to utilize our expertise as well as our relationships across the industry to...
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it's not natural for us in the, uk. we have spent a lot of time building trust between the agencies and companies but when we achieved that it's been enormously helpful and it's achieved the feedback back into the legislation process because when you get a collective bodies working together, it's very easy to influence the legislation process. >> chuck, i'm going back to running the office and be a regulator and tell you what i hated. what i hated is when people came in and said they didn't like the rules and they wanted a performance based standard and they would say, we know what we want to do and we're green and trust us. if someone comes in and says we don't like the prescriptive standards and we run models and can invest better to have a better return for theen environment i found the regulator pretty open to look at those. i think as we look at regulatory engagement i think what we need to do with regulators is bring to them solutions. i spend more on training in my staff in a month than most spend on regulators i
it's not natural for us in the, uk. we have spent a lot of time building trust between the agencies and companies but when we achieved that it's been enormously helpful and it's achieved the feedback back into the legislation process because when you get a collective bodies working together, it's very easy to influence the legislation process. >> chuck, i'm going back to running the office and be a regulator and tell you what i hated. what i hated is when people came in and said they...
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more electricity, use gravity and other things to do what we have to do. unfortunately now that we have this climate change problem and rising tides and so on, it kind of turns us around where one sort of solution that you just think of is more pumps, but how is that becoming more sustainable? i don't really know what the answer is yet and i think that's why we, you know, convene summits like this. i think all of us are going to be facing very similar kinds of situations and it's the kind of thing we all need to think through together and figure out how to resolve. so to recap, the specific problem from a utility management point of view that we face in the near future is the notion of salt water back flowing into our current sewage system. this will basically cause our treatment systems to fail catastrophically. we will have for large periods of time sewers that are completely full, which will not allow drainage to happen in a consistent way. having said that, i think there is a way we can resolve the problem in the immediate future. it won't be cheap to
more electricity, use gravity and other things to do what we have to do. unfortunately now that we have this climate change problem and rising tides and so on, it kind of turns us around where one sort of solution that you just think of is more pumps, but how is that becoming more sustainable? i don't really know what the answer is yet and i think that's why we, you know, convene summits like this. i think all of us are going to be facing very similar kinds of situations and it's the kind of...
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there's no one here from land use jurisdiction, the people who make these decisions. we will engineer our way out as best we can and how do we deal with that issue and break through to those decision makers when they are focused on economic development rather than how do you stop causing a problem that we are all going to have to fix? will's comments about river flows, we have it in south bay, how are we going to deal with the fact that sea level rise is going to create katrinas all over the country and that's in terms of rivers not having anywhere to go. >> thanks. will, you want to start with that? . >> thanks, greg. as greg knows, we have been working very hard to bring the water agencies, the land use planning agencies and the environmental community, the business community together. our problem is that we have 24 hour days when we need about 106 hour days to do all that. but i think you are absolutely right and mary's point about the political difficulty of making some of these decisions, and we're seeing this in new orleans, the first reaction is put it all back
there's no one here from land use jurisdiction, the people who make these decisions. we will engineer our way out as best we can and how do we deal with that issue and break through to those decision makers when they are focused on economic development rather than how do you stop causing a problem that we are all going to have to fix? will's comments about river flows, we have it in south bay, how are we going to deal with the fact that sea level rise is going to create katrinas all over the...
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developers use. we do hope that we will be able to generate 100% of the electricity that we need on a renewable basis. our revisions are very closely aligned. we are working very well to meet these objectives. >> several of the slides talk about the efforts and the structures in place to manage risk. >> there has been an enormous amount of misunderstanding about the nature of this enterprise with respect to risk to the general funds of the member agencies of our authorities. something you have not had to deal with. another purposeful brand of misinformation in plain that there is general risk to the county by the taxpayer. many of the slides that we provided tried to address that misinformation. there was an effort to lead the agency because there was an assertion and somehow the generation would be put at risk. the lawyers say that this is an issue that we have to deal with. i put it that answer to rest in sausalito. this has been a very time- consuming debate. there was an assertion that on like a
developers use. we do hope that we will be able to generate 100% of the electricity that we need on a renewable basis. our revisions are very closely aligned. we are working very well to meet these objectives. >> several of the slides talk about the efforts and the structures in place to manage risk. >> there has been an enormous amount of misunderstanding about the nature of this enterprise with respect to risk to the general funds of the member agencies of our authorities....
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this gave us the right data to tell us what it would look like in 30 years. now we are, "with the best minds in the city -- we are working with the best minds in the city, what we plan to do is look at the big picture in the study and piece together those projects. nothing that you have heard about would preclude the best and most significant roles like never command of the project on the one hand we look at the big picture, on the other hand we work closely with the project sponsor to make sure they are hand in glove on where we need to be. this is two snapshots of where we needed to be. we looked up to the roadway and bridges. we also look at the projects. there are improve frequencies called for. one very popular item, bringing this to the entire west side of 19th ave. if you think about the corridor, this is a long term borough of san francisco state -- this is a long-term goal of san francisco state. whether you are getting to san francisco state, you know of craft across 19th ave. we're working closely with rail operation and safety. and we look at this
this gave us the right data to tell us what it would look like in 30 years. now we are, "with the best minds in the city -- we are working with the best minds in the city, what we plan to do is look at the big picture in the study and piece together those projects. nothing that you have heard about would preclude the best and most significant roles like never command of the project on the one hand we look at the big picture, on the other hand we work closely with the project sponsor to...
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and a number of students were using the after- school program. this will provide similar programming, and there has been a need demonstrated in the community for this already. >> commissioner harrison? >> i noticed that you went out at least one week, prior when no one showed up at the meeting. is this something that we need to look at in the discussions involving outreach. and there would be a further. out for the program. >> we will ideally look for three weeks. we will be coming back tea with the gift policy and the minimum time friend of all -- one week. we have had other community outreach meetings and more people have come. people are very happy with the boys and girls club and they feel like this is a good said. " have nothing to protest about the. >> just augment what she has said, in partnership with the boys and girls club, together, we had other community partners in the area, that we will be speaking to. they engaged this a number of times and the notion that the meeting was not well attended may be similar to the comfort level and th
and a number of students were using the after- school program. this will provide similar programming, and there has been a need demonstrated in the community for this already. >> commissioner harrison? >> i noticed that you went out at least one week, prior when no one showed up at the meeting. is this something that we need to look at in the discussions involving outreach. and there would be a further. out for the program. >> we will ideally look for three weeks. we will be...
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uses in the general plan. we think the omission of the coastal commission's involvement is a serious violation. i mentioned before -- [inaudible] tsunami location. not think their response plan respond adequately to that or provide a corporate responses. with respect to the waste water pull the discussion, as you may know, the regional water quality board will permit a new facility, however, there has not been a discussion about the waste reduction, as required under the waste management act of 1999. that plays into the greenhouse discussion. we would like to have a further study on how the greenhouse gases are going to be studied, with respect to waste reduction. may i have one more minute? >> thank you. as you know, -- >> may i have 60 more seconds? >> you may not. comments may be received in her writing until the 26th of this month. certainly, you and anyone else should feel free to submit those. they will be considered as oral comments. >> i will do that. as a parting shot, regional housing needs proper al
uses in the general plan. we think the omission of the coastal commission's involvement is a serious violation. i mentioned before -- [inaudible] tsunami location. not think their response plan respond adequately to that or provide a corporate responses. with respect to the waste water pull the discussion, as you may know, the regional water quality board will permit a new facility, however, there has not been a discussion about the waste reduction, as required under the waste management act of...
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it happened when they transmit electrical use back to pg and e. and smart meters meet the standards for radio devices and should not interfere. any customer with an issue should get in touch right away with the company to find a solution. >>> the high school is on the chopping block. closing it could have an unexpected outcome. is been be ready. relocating their team to the south bay. >>> cooler companies and clouds. >>> critics of a connector between the bart station and the airport voiced concerns today. the metropolitan committee will vote tomorrow on allocating $20 million fors line. at a press conference today opponents said express buses would be cheaper. the money save cod go to projects to benefit east oakland residents. officials posed earlier this year because of a lack of outreach. >> lawmakers and police say providing high quality preschooling for children would save millions a year and reduce crime down the road. the conclusions were published by the group fight crime invest in kid's california. and spending 117 million on proms would
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this can be used in the park land. this is against the golden gate park master plan, and i would like to have more than one minute. i would like for everyone to come to the stoping session on september 23. there is more information on goldengatepark -- >> please come forward. >> good afternoon, commissioner. it is on the commission of nature in the city and the work at the recycling center. has since 1983, managing this in the 1980's. there has been a lot of negative press about the recycling center over the last couple of days. they're condemning the recycling center, and i want to tell you another story. we have recycling, a recycling center, but we have to have a native plant nursery in the city. we have planted over an acre of gardens of native plants adjacent to the recycling center. we have headlined the butterfly project and we have this new garden in frederick they would like to see. >> thank you very much. >> let me say that before any decision is made on the facility, that we do hear all sides of that subject
this can be used in the park land. this is against the golden gate park master plan, and i would like to have more than one minute. i would like for everyone to come to the stoping session on september 23. there is more information on goldengatepark -- >> please come forward. >> good afternoon, commissioner. it is on the commission of nature in the city and the work at the recycling center. has since 1983, managing this in the 1980's. there has been a lot of negative press about the...
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if you do not use muni and need to use an automobile, where making it easier for the automobile users by providing real-time information on parking availability. we're also making it easier to pay. inconnus points, credit cards, a debit card -- you can use queens -- you can use coins, credit cards, debit cards, and other forms of payment. >> how will the congestion pricing work? >> we will be able to price the parking, the cost of parking on a daily basis, time of day, day of the week. in case of special events down by the ball park, we will be able to properly price on street parking as related to what is happening in the city. the current plan is not to make adjustments on a daily basis. it will be more of a monthly basis. that is the plan entrance of adjusting prices so do not confuse people. the idea is to properly priced the parking so that we create enough availability on the streets of the automobile users will be able to park quickly. we are not extending or changing any of our current powers of enforcement in terms of the parking meters. we're not want to be implementing sund
if you do not use muni and need to use an automobile, where making it easier for the automobile users by providing real-time information on parking availability. we're also making it easier to pay. inconnus points, credit cards, a debit card -- you can use queens -- you can use coins, credit cards, debit cards, and other forms of payment. >> how will the congestion pricing work? >> we will be able to price the parking, the cost of parking on a daily basis, time of day, day of the...
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furthermore, the cab has failed us. it ignored us and shut us out. each time that i attended a cab, after an over presentation, what to do one resident was on the board, who joined, six months ago? rolling every time he speaks about our concerns. >> thank you. >> commissioners, good morning. tony ganter. for many, it is startling to see the one ring bridge when they approach. are we not comfortable with the historic scale of the building is currently on the island? is this not something to be maintained? and do we want to alter the island profile with towers and jutting up from the day, including a central tower exceeding the height of the bay bridge? and we should not forget the impact of the earthquake on the island. the army corps of engineers dredge several hundred million cubic yards of material, most of its and, from the bottom of the day to build the island. brown the motion was among the strongest in the bay area, despite being 60 miles from the epicenter. what could happen during a similar, if not more powerful earthquake along the san andre
furthermore, the cab has failed us. it ignored us and shut us out. each time that i attended a cab, after an over presentation, what to do one resident was on the board, who joined, six months ago? rolling every time he speaks about our concerns. >> thank you. >> commissioners, good morning. tony ganter. for many, it is startling to see the one ring bridge when they approach. are we not comfortable with the historic scale of the building is currently on the island? is this not...
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this will guide us in the coming fiscal year. to improve administrative efficiency in the department. we want to maintain for the benefit of the community. we continue to improve the maintenance of our parks and over 50 custodians short of where we need to be. it can actually link up with our system. we were also fortunate to receive the neighborhood playground report card. i'm extremely proud of our park patrol officers who again continuing with the theme of doing more with less, we are probably 20 to 30 park patrol officers away from an ideal staff. this year we increased our daily outreach in golden gate park and in buena vista park from 1 1/2 hours to two hours daily, meaning we are out every single morning from 4:30 to 6:30 with our park patrol, with the san francisco police department and our -- the department of public health to engage our illegal campers and to offer them services and to remind them of adherence -- the importance of adhering to the park code. this year each week we removed three tons of debris from golden
this will guide us in the coming fiscal year. to improve administrative efficiency in the department. we want to maintain for the benefit of the community. we continue to improve the maintenance of our parks and over 50 custodians short of where we need to be. it can actually link up with our system. we were also fortunate to receive the neighborhood playground report card. i'm extremely proud of our park patrol officers who again continuing with the theme of doing more with less, we are...
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. >> [indistinct] oh, my gosh they're right behind us. >> they're right behind us. >> what is this we're looking at? >> so, these are boxes of the honey that we keep. and they actually have a layer of, kind of like-- >> like a tray? >> like a tray that collects the honey on top of the tray. >> growing and looking after so many crops takes an army of volunteers. and many of them have had little or no farming experience. but they often see once they get their hands in the soil, well, they're hooked. >> if you can't bring the people to the land, well, you gotta bring the land to the people. and that's what we're doing here. we've got this beautiful property. and we're taking advantage of it. >> jason marks, who graduated from a farming program at u.c. santa cruz, has beeb one of the farm managers for several years. he says this project symbolizes urban farming in america. and it's a great way for people--regardless of their income-- to grow organic, healthy food. >> this is urban farming. yeah, this is how we do it. and again, you know, we're growing about 3 tons of food--about 6,000 pounds
. >> [indistinct] oh, my gosh they're right behind us. >> they're right behind us. >> what is this we're looking at? >> so, these are boxes of the honey that we keep. and they actually have a layer of, kind of like-- >> like a tray? >> like a tray that collects the honey on top of the tray. >> growing and looking after so many crops takes an army of volunteers. and many of them have had little or no farming experience. but they often see once they get...
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the second is related to the use of recs. in terms of allowing you to provide the portfolios, there are benefits associated with this. there are some policy perspectives on that, so we limited those with a standard amount, which, right now, is currently 20%, with a goal of 51%. as you recall, the state requirements do not allow the use of these, so that 20% would be about them, and the difference between the 20% in the 15%
the second is related to the use of recs. in terms of allowing you to provide the portfolios, there are benefits associated with this. there are some policy perspectives on that, so we limited those with a standard amount, which, right now, is currently 20%, with a goal of 51%. as you recall, the state requirements do not allow the use of these, so that 20% would be about them, and the difference between the 20% in the 15%
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thank you for joining us. i also saw mark sanchez, a former school board member and now a principal at horace middle school. where did you go? thank you. we have been under the amazing leadership of a superintendent who has partnered with the city in so many ways that it has been extremely magical to be able to do the things we have done. please join me in welcoming our superintendent of schools, mr. carlos garcia. [applause] >> you know, one of the highlights for me as a superintendent and as a teacher who happens to be the superintendent is that when we go through graduation and watch our young people get a diploma and have -- the call at a commencement ceremony. really, their lives are just guarding that day. i kind of feel like that when we get a chance to recognize our rock stars of our school district, the real stars. american idol has nothing on any of you. you really have talent. when you look at the things these folks do in their classrooms -- in our strategic plan, we talked a lot about joyful learne
thank you for joining us. i also saw mark sanchez, a former school board member and now a principal at horace middle school. where did you go? thank you. we have been under the amazing leadership of a superintendent who has partnered with the city in so many ways that it has been extremely magical to be able to do the things we have done. please join me in welcoming our superintendent of schools, mr. carlos garcia. [applause] >> you know, one of the highlights for me as a superintendent...
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behind us that could give us insight into who we are. >> oliver road trip on her website. check at often. new experiences will be added after every stop. >> welcome to "culture wire." i'm your host meg. for years, free jazz concerts have been providing entertainment in downtown san francisco. people pay local musicians to perform for lunchtime crowds. the goal is not just entertainth. people in plazas are trying to create neighborhoods. what began as a forum for performers who were paid by passing the hat has become a program that provides wide exposure and more than 500 paid gigs annually for local musicians. from july through september, people in plazas produces almost 300 free performances in the lunchtime hour. the mission of people in plazas generates social congregation. and by having these events, we
behind us that could give us insight into who we are. >> oliver road trip on her website. check at often. new experiences will be added after every stop. >> welcome to "culture wire." i'm your host meg. for years, free jazz concerts have been providing entertainment in downtown san francisco. people pay local musicians to perform for lunchtime crowds. the goal is not just entertainth. people in plazas are trying to create neighborhoods. what began as a forum for performers...
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that's certainly something we've used in the, uk. i know it's been used here is a well. this is taking an incremental approach. not starting with the solution today to address all the problems but what can we do now to take it in the right direction in the next 20 years so we won't have to stand up in 20 years and say we should not have done that or even worse, i wish we'd done something 20 years back. i believe peter said, maybe some of us think if we acted in 1997 some of the problems might not be so challenging in 07'. an incremental no regrets approach might be something to think about as a strategy for going forward. we talked about from the third perspective, stake holder perspective and it takes time to bring them to the table. it's different techniques that it takes to reconcile differences and manager conflict and move forward. we do have to find the time in the planning process to bring those different agencies closer and that needs to be structured in our processes. we need that time and investment needed to do that - needs to be in place and i was delighted t
that's certainly something we've used in the, uk. i know it's been used here is a well. this is taking an incremental approach. not starting with the solution today to address all the problems but what can we do now to take it in the right direction in the next 20 years so we won't have to stand up in 20 years and say we should not have done that or even worse, i wish we'd done something 20 years back. i believe peter said, maybe some of us think if we acted in 1997 some of the problems might...
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thing for us to take used motor oil from customers. we have a 75-gallon tank that we used and we have someone take it from here to recycle. >> so far, we have 35 people. we have collected 78 gallons, if not more. these are other locations that you can go. it is absolutely free. you just need to have the location open. you are set to go. >> the public wants to access particular information about your house or neighborhood we point them to gis. gis is a combination of maps and data. not a graphic you see on a screen. you get the traffic for the streets the number of crimes for a police district in a period of time. if the idea of combining the different layerce of information and stacking them on top of each other to present to the public. >> other types of gis are web based mapping systems. like google earth, yahoo maps. microsoft. those are examples of on line mapping systems that can be used to find businesses or get driving directions or check on traffic conditions. all digital maps. >> gis is used in the city of san francisco to bet
thing for us to take used motor oil from customers. we have a 75-gallon tank that we used and we have someone take it from here to recycle. >> so far, we have 35 people. we have collected 78 gallons, if not more. these are other locations that you can go. it is absolutely free. you just need to have the location open. you are set to go. >> the public wants to access particular information about your house or neighborhood we point them to gis. gis is a combination of maps and data....
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colleagues, any other new business before us today? >> yes, i think we should wish mike a happy birthday. commissioner crowley: our secretary, michael house's birthday? 21? happy birthday, michael. >> thank you. commissioner crowley: we do have a notice of canceled meeting. do you want to read that into the record, or do we need to? >> that is true. the regular meeting of tuesday august 24 has been canceled,u the notice has been posted since july 23, so there is an awareness, so our next regular meeting will be the regular meeting of september 14. commissioner crowley: thank you. >> as was mentioned a couple times earlier, we have a lot of environmental review for the planning commission this fall. we may end up under the special sessions. but we do not know the dates yet. you. adjourn. ok, we have moved and seconded. all those in favor to adjourn? >> aye. >> aye. commissioner crowley: thank you. >> thank you, everybody. happy anniversary. first and foremost, i want to acknowledge susan's outstanding leadership, her stewardship. it is
colleagues, any other new business before us today? >> yes, i think we should wish mike a happy birthday. commissioner crowley: our secretary, michael house's birthday? 21? happy birthday, michael. >> thank you. commissioner crowley: we do have a notice of canceled meeting. do you want to read that into the record, or do we need to? >> that is true. the regular meeting of tuesday august 24 has been canceled,u the notice has been posted since july 23, so there is an awareness,...
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rhodes, share with us the report. >> mr. chairman, members of the committee, this agreement with the state is required. it would provide reimbursement to the department of public health. we recommend that you amend the resolution to retroactively approve it since the agreement starts on july 1 and we recommend you approve the resolution as amended. commissioner avalos: thank you. just a question about the prognosis for state funding. what's the range that we would expect that we could receive from the state based on what could happen with the state budget? >> we expect to receive this full amount because it's a federal requirement. commissioner avalos: but we are talking about part of this is state funding the block grant from the feds and part is state funding as well? >> i don't anticipate this will be affected. we still don't have a budget. commissioner avalos: ok. little different from what i had heard and read in the report. >> mr. chairman, members of the committee, monique smuda from the controller's office. the agree
rhodes, share with us the report. >> mr. chairman, members of the committee, this agreement with the state is required. it would provide reimbursement to the department of public health. we recommend that you amend the resolution to retroactively approve it since the agreement starts on july 1 and we recommend you approve the resolution as amended. commissioner avalos: thank you. just a question about the prognosis for state funding. what's the range that we would expect that we could...
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thank you for joining us here this evening. >> thank you. my apologies, i do not have the power point. >> i am working with the homeless population in the city. what i am going to talk about tonight is not specific to the homeless population, but it will play a part. over the past three years, we have had budget cuts with regard to psychiatric services and our city. this gradually increased on our workload because of the lack of services. we're averaging approximately 65 651 calls. this takes officers off the street. three of the main problems dealing with the homeless are alcohol-related issues, a drug- related issues, and the common denominator on drugs and alcohol is mental illness. one of the problems our officers are dealing with is when they 5150 an individual and take them to a hospital or private facility, the individuals are discharged quickly because it is mainly due to the alcohol or drugs. the bottom line is that they are dealing with a mental illness. when they are discharged, they are not together enough to go back to the hospi
thank you for joining us here this evening. >> thank you. my apologies, i do not have the power point. >> i am working with the homeless population in the city. what i am going to talk about tonight is not specific to the homeless population, but it will play a part. over the past three years, we have had budget cuts with regard to psychiatric services and our city. this gradually increased on our workload because of the lack of services. we're averaging approximately 65 651 calls....
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this panel invited us into a very unsettling way of framing the discussion those of us steeped the fight. we assume this is inevitable and we're focussing entirely on how to respond to it's impacts. this is a discussion that we absolutely must have because we're in a race against time. as we know, we're already feelg the impacts of global warming and things going to get worst before better so its the job of global managers to plan for the worst and that's what we're here to talk about today. among the issues, what impacts are we most concerned about, what adaptations are necessary and what models or in the analysis are they planning to do and what initial things do they need for future decisions. our discussion takes place against a political backdrop here in california where leaders in both parties recognized the importance of including global warming in our strategies you know the governors water proposal called for 4 and a half billion dollars. sites reservoir and tell mperance river. together these would provide five hundred thousand acre feet of water supply but their being promoted
this panel invited us into a very unsettling way of framing the discussion those of us steeped the fight. we assume this is inevitable and we're focussing entirely on how to respond to it's impacts. this is a discussion that we absolutely must have because we're in a race against time. as we know, we're already feelg the impacts of global warming and things going to get worst before better so its the job of global managers to plan for the worst and that's what we're here to talk about today....
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thank you so much for joining us at el cafe. we want to thank lourdes for housing us this morning. this was a really wonderful opportunity for us to get the community more involved. as many of you know we've been working really hard on our truancy and wanting to get our kids in our schools, staying in our schools, and make sure they're doing exactly what they're supposed to be doing. this effort has been a true effort between the city, the school district, and so many of our partners in the community, and this launch today is really about involving our community, our larger community, in what it is that we're trying to do. and so we want to just thank all of our community partners who are here, urban services, maria sue from the department of children, youth, and families. the s.f. police department, who has been really instrumental in making sure that our truancy process goes well, and captain lazar is here from the police department. want to thank him for all of his efforts and supporting what we're doing. and i have from the school district superintendent garcia and our mayor, w
thank you so much for joining us at el cafe. we want to thank lourdes for housing us this morning. this was a really wonderful opportunity for us to get the community more involved. as many of you know we've been working really hard on our truancy and wanting to get our kids in our schools, staying in our schools, and make sure they're doing exactly what they're supposed to be doing. this effort has been a true effort between the city, the school district, and so many of our partners in the...
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temperatures and some use global climate models and some both. there are lots of future greenhouse gas predictions. there was a brief period of time around the time of the national assessment in the year 2 thousand that we hoped we would see more flows in the river but if you look at the study recently out of university of washington, one has to have a pessimistic outlook on what future flows look like in the colorado river. my colleague marty produced one as well. that show as 50 percent reduction by 2030. i'm not sure i believe that but if you think the river is going to get more water, you might be living in, la la, land. two problems. one in lower basin and one in higher basin. if you look that bottom line the net balance is a minus one point 4 million acre feet per year. that's going in there on average and that's not doing to change in lake, powell, and the out flows are 14 million acre feed with that in that system , it doesn't take long to see you will have a problem with average hydraulics. in my state there's this great terror that some
temperatures and some use global climate models and some both. there are lots of future greenhouse gas predictions. there was a brief period of time around the time of the national assessment in the year 2 thousand that we hoped we would see more flows in the river but if you look at the study recently out of university of washington, one has to have a pessimistic outlook on what future flows look like in the colorado river. my colleague marty produced one as well. that show as 50 percent...
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for us, we are at the status quo. we have a month left. we're working hard to get our folks ready for the transition. we hope to not have to do that, but we are preparing for pretty bad news. today, final push. the mayor will talk a little bit about the program as well. >> thanks, and thank you all very much for taking the time to be here. i actually just left senator feinstein, who has been a champion of this program. the reference that not to impress but to impress upon you that we need all the friends we can get all the champions we can get to extend this program. 3820 families are being served by this program. these are families, many of which -- close to, in fact, 1000 of these families were on welfare, and now pulled out of welfare and have the dignity of a paycheck and the dignity that comes with a paycheck. when they come back home to feed their family. that is not a rhetorical line. that is not a line just to place some politics. that is quite literal. this program, arguably, is the most successful stimulus program in the united s
for us, we are at the status quo. we have a month left. we're working hard to get our folks ready for the transition. we hope to not have to do that, but we are preparing for pretty bad news. today, final push. the mayor will talk a little bit about the program as well. >> thanks, and thank you all very much for taking the time to be here. i actually just left senator feinstein, who has been a champion of this program. the reference that not to impress but to impress upon you that we need...
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all of us should be proud. all of us should be grateful that we have had a small piece of that particular history. because that history helps me bear a lot of responsibility, to be a husband, to be a father. this institution will always be part of my life. you have taught me how to be that better person. thank you very much and god bless all of you. [applause] >> we are so blessed in our elected leaders in san francisco. senator mark leno has helped us on a bill to make sure that people who need help in a community and want to stay in the community can do so. we are very proud of this new building. at the same time, we want to make sure that people who want to stay in their homes will be able to do so. and so the senator has carried a bill that will enable us, if someone has medicaid, to use those medicaid dollars to increase the number of in-home hours that person has so that we can use those federal dollars instead of hospitalization, instead of long-term care here, in the home. our goal is that the person al
all of us should be proud. all of us should be grateful that we have had a small piece of that particular history. because that history helps me bear a lot of responsibility, to be a husband, to be a father. this institution will always be part of my life. you have taught me how to be that better person. thank you very much and god bless all of you. [applause] >> we are so blessed in our elected leaders in san francisco. senator mark leno has helped us on a bill to make sure that people...
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thank you for joining us this evening. please talk into the microphone. >> california has one of the highest recidivism rates in the entire country. san francisco conducted a study exclusively for behavioral health court called "the effectiveness of mental hea lth court for reducing recidivism and criminal violence. though it has reduced those things more than jail alone. this was a peer-reviewed published study published in the "american journal of psychiatry." this study compared 172 behavioral health court clients to other clients similarly situated in jail that had mental disorders -- similar mental disorders. they occurred at the same time. the controlling data was taken into consideration for a criminal history, demographics, etc. a follow-up study after 18 months showed that the estimated risk of any new criminal charges was about 25% lower for clients who participated in behavioral health court. additionally, the behavioral health court participants charged with new violent crimes was about 38% lower than that of c
thank you for joining us this evening. please talk into the microphone. >> california has one of the highest recidivism rates in the entire country. san francisco conducted a study exclusively for behavioral health court called "the effectiveness of mental hea lth court for reducing recidivism and criminal violence. though it has reduced those things more than jail alone. this was a peer-reviewed published study published in the "american journal of psychiatry." this study...
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danica speaking, you just use regulatory compliance. we have seen arsenic but at very, very low levels. we said we found in a very, very few samples. it is extremely rare, and we are not concerned about it. we have reported in the past, and that is another reason. president crowley: commissioners? commissioner vietor: i do not know if you need a resolution, but i would like to talk about the letter. to write a letter supporting the legislation, either at the state currently or with compliance. >> there is the letter that the general manager submitted, so we are -- commissioner vietor: a resolution of some such, i think it would be good. do we need a motion on this? uh-huh. president crowley: i think we should move item 10. do we need a resolution on that? clerk: we do not need to have that in order for the puc. president crowley: then i would just move the resolution. before we close this debate -- clerk: we have no speaker cards. president crowley: seeing that there is no public comment, all of those in favor, say aye. next item, pleas
danica speaking, you just use regulatory compliance. we have seen arsenic but at very, very low levels. we said we found in a very, very few samples. it is extremely rare, and we are not concerned about it. we have reported in the past, and that is another reason. president crowley: commissioners? commissioner vietor: i do not know if you need a resolution, but i would like to talk about the letter. to write a letter supporting the legislation, either at the state currently or with compliance....
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we first started with our own waterfront land use plan and design and access element. we also looked at the embarcadero, not standards, which eventually -- hopefully the system will read as a single unit so you can travel from fisherman's wharf all the way over to herons head park and be on a single identifiable system. updating existing guidelines. we look at the city of oakland's waterfront trail. hudson river park in new york, and the blue waste plant in the city of vancouver, canada, and the one that most resembles our waterfront is the port of oakland's waterfront plan, which is a good example of some of the work that we can apply to the southern waterfront. as a part of best practices, we looked at sign it, how we can improve sign it to provide continuity on the system, site furnishings -- how we design and establish criteria for furnishings that are durable, made tenable, comfortable, and usable. and again, the idea of connections. how do we connect open spaces together down to the waterfront? a good example of this is in vancouver where they have lives that com
we first started with our own waterfront land use plan and design and access element. we also looked at the embarcadero, not standards, which eventually -- hopefully the system will read as a single unit so you can travel from fisherman's wharf all the way over to herons head park and be on a single identifiable system. updating existing guidelines. we look at the city of oakland's waterfront trail. hudson river park in new york, and the blue waste plant in the city of vancouver, canada, and...
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it's a less comfort than it used to be. we'd like to suggest another image a little less glamorous but it saves energy and water and can be a solution and more importantly, it's something water manager's have some control over. a little less glamorous but that's something together we can work on. thanks a lot. [applause] >> well good afternoon everybody. you've been very patient and i realize i'm the last thing to be inflicted upon you with my power point. i have to reiterate barries comments. there's been a great group of people and topics and probably the only better conference i've been to was in nebraska. a long time back, they are way ahead of you on this. i was delighted to hear lester snows understanding of global climate change and we'll have to start calling him lester rain however, and your probably really sick of hearing that, so, next slide. what i'm going to do is talk a little bit about - not the science or impact which i've worked with quite a bit - but rather resources for managers to try and close some of t
it's a less comfort than it used to be. we'd like to suggest another image a little less glamorous but it saves energy and water and can be a solution and more importantly, it's something water manager's have some control over. a little less glamorous but that's something together we can work on. thanks a lot. [applause] >> well good afternoon everybody. you've been very patient and i realize i'm the last thing to be inflicted upon you with my power point. i have to reiterate barries...
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jefferson told us know usno -- told us no. given the services early before they are in and out of jail and they can prevent -- the comfort of the citizens. that is not just a hope. that is actually a reality. you heard two examples of it. so yes, we have budget restraints, and yes, the city is asked to do the cutbacks that jennifer has described to us, but the programs that we are asking for are actually cost- effective. without adequate services, we are sending people of 5150 you into a medical hospital where they are not treated at all -- they are giving 50 given a little valium and set up to the streets fidget over sending a full 5150% into the cabin, and the budgets of what that costs are much higher than it would be if we did the right job here in san francisco. so we lose money when we send out of county. we lose money when we cannot live patients through the system because there is an adequate follow-up. we lose money because of the revolving door of going in and out of jail and in and out of the hospital 11 times in tw
jefferson told us know usno -- told us no. given the services early before they are in and out of jail and they can prevent -- the comfort of the citizens. that is not just a hope. that is actually a reality. you heard two examples of it. so yes, we have budget restraints, and yes, the city is asked to do the cutbacks that jennifer has described to us, but the programs that we are asking for are actually cost- effective. without adequate services, we are sending people of 5150 you into a...
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>> this is actually a new area for us. in conversations with many of the solar installers and energy efficiency providers in the city, they have told us that they have actually -- the city has done a good job of training folks for the hard skills, construction-related positions. what they really have a lack of are folks who can help with the sales and administrative infrastructure around incentives and things like that. so we will be working with city college to provide a green-related essentially office skills training for up to 40 people in this next year. supervisor maxwell: great. >> the third item is a small grant of $100,000 to support an energy efficiency curriculum and training which we are adding to our citybuild program. we started in the last cycle, adding two weeks of energy efficiency training through the city college program that we run for citybuild academy, and have trained and placed seven additional graduates just through that program. we will be continuing that with our new program starting in the next t
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it had enabled us to help us continue to hire and meet demand. we currently have 12 food employees working with us now. now, they are currently mentoring other employees to follow in their footsteps. we would really like the program to continue because it would allow small business owners like myself the ability to take risk and continue to invest. also, the taxpayers, the best way to rescue the economy is by giving jobs to rescue people on main street. looking at various other progress on by stimulus, from my research, this is by far the most effective way to get people back onto the street, on to the payroll, and i want to again thank mayor newsom and trent for their leadership because that is a type of innovation that as a taxpayer, we see on these issues, which is the kind of innovation that makes america the country it is today. now, mayor newsom: what really caught my attention was that he did not want to take the risk of hiring additional employees in the hopes that the company would grow. jobs now allowed him to hire additional employees
it had enabled us to help us continue to hire and meet demand. we currently have 12 food employees working with us now. now, they are currently mentoring other employees to follow in their footsteps. we would really like the program to continue because it would allow small business owners like myself the ability to take risk and continue to invest. also, the taxpayers, the best way to rescue the economy is by giving jobs to rescue people on main street. looking at various other progress on by...
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>> no, she'll be spending less time in big us. she bills us by the hours that she does. so she'll be big us less hours in the general fund category so there will be less hours billed to that. the increase is for the other stuff we're doing. while it's not presented here because we don't know what the amount of hours are. we'll be doing a full presentation at our next meeting and we can go into the details there. supervisor campos: i guess what i would say is i was expecting a reduction in the amount of the contract for everything else that she was doing that is not related to new legal work given that we have staff doing some of that. that's the question i have. >> i believe she will be reducing the number of hours she bills us for for the stuff that we're now able to do. supervisor campos: maybe it's in the pact. i feel like i have enough information on that. is this something we need to act on today? >> her contract expires in february. assuming we meet during the month of february we're ok but if that meeting slips until march we lose her legal services and i'd hate t
>> no, she'll be spending less time in big us. she bills us by the hours that she does. so she'll be big us less hours in the general fund category so there will be less hours billed to that. the increase is for the other stuff we're doing. while it's not presented here because we don't know what the amount of hours are. we'll be doing a full presentation at our next meeting and we can go into the details there. supervisor campos: i guess what i would say is i was expecting a reduction in...
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that is one of the things that is very important to us. we are about to enter a strategic planning process. the fundamental question we want to address is, how wil sfmoma growth and enhanced its engagement with the community? it is not enough that the museum has great works in its collection, has great exhibitions, wonderful education programs, it is how does the institution grow and enhance its relationship with the community. it is very important to us. >> on behalf of the residents of san francisco, we thank you for shepherding this institution through this incredible growth phase, and thank you for being part of "culture wire." >> my pleasure, thank you. >> the museum has exciting anni >> welcome to "culture wire." on this episode, we visit with one of the arts commissions very special teams. >> the asia-pacific island cultural center receives help from the census but our commission. john mean today to talk about in off festival is the executive director. welcome. i understand this is the 13th annual festival. can you tell me the name?
that is one of the things that is very important to us. we are about to enter a strategic planning process. the fundamental question we want to address is, how wil sfmoma growth and enhanced its engagement with the community? it is not enough that the museum has great works in its collection, has great exhibitions, wonderful education programs, it is how does the institution grow and enhance its relationship with the community. it is very important to us. >> on behalf of the residents of...